The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-01-20
NO. so.
Van Died A>~-rslux Ia,
Prom Richmond ~sxc.

Shortly after 10 O'Clock thls 'Nh
Capt. Frank Cunningham came d0as :.
the jail and was very st~ou afterx Aryls e
the cell With Cluverius. He greeted Cant
Cunningham ia y pleasant manuer and
asked him to sing How firin foundation
se saints OF the Lord The Captain m.
piled With the request and very saceils
sang this beautiful HMM When b., stop
ped singing he ;urued to ClusefiuS aud
asked
DO YOU stall say that You are inn,.ont r.
Ciuvtrsus replied Il am lrno~,cui.
And, SAID Capt Cunningham edo YOU
believe IN oar Lord and saviour Jesus
Christ, and, believing ~ Hhu. yen assert
that yon are innocent. knowing that Nua
have got 10 answer before 1os! Again
tlaverius said. II can SAY that | am inti,.
cent At l. O'Clock Capt. Canning ham
left 10 sing al the funeral Il Mr. N;sNt
Fixing the Rope.
Al ten minutes t. i2 o'CiG,k X sheriff
Southwark. of lenrico. entered the la!I
with the silk rope maze 10y Mr.. Brown FOR
this special purpose. lie procootiod TO The
scaffold and tied the rope 10 tie crs,,s
beam. leaving about seven feet fall
The rope was all sorts Of ooors. and M
tracted the attention Of every sbod, sheriff
Son,hward tied il tightly. and after this
was done the trap door. whot: WAS lower
ed while the rope was being fastened 10
the beam, was again raised. This rope
was oiled, and the other ropes which were
attached TO the door were thoroughly
creased.
No Alarm sounded.
Superintendent Thompson. OF the Fire
Department, had made arrangements To
tap the private fire alarm signals. bu, the
Governor, thluklng that Superintendent
Thompson intended To sound a general
alarm, requested him not To do So super
intendent Thompson then decided mol 10
turn III any alarm whatever The tcle-
phone al the jail was kept busy up 4, the
time of the hanging. AT least "A hundred
different persons telephoned 10 know If
the hanging had taken place and how
CluverIus was standing the trying ordeal
which he was undergoing
The Drop.
At 1 O'Clock Cluverius was brought from
his cell 10 the scaifold Sergt Smith was
on one side and Deputy Sergeant Macon
on the other. Rev. DR. Hatcher followed
close behind the prisoner. Upon reaching
the scaffold Sergt. Smith read the decision
OF the Hastings Court rendered October
9th, 1886. After this was read the Ser
geant asked Cluvefius if he had ANYTHING
TO say. The prisoners lips quivercd aud
lie feebly uttered something unintelligiblc.
Then be shook his head in a way that
meant he had no words to utter
The Sergeant, evidently not catching
what the prisoner SAID, asked again, Have
you anything to sayf'
This time Cluverius replied IN feeble
way. "No, sir"
Not a wordT' asked the Sergeant.
mo, sir" the condemned man again
said
Or. Hatcher then offered up feryent
prayer, after which ropes were tied around
the prisoners legs and the black cap
drawn over his face
The officers then left the Scaifold and
when they had reached the ground the
trigger was jerked by Deputy Sergeant
Johnston, who was concealed in cell
close by, The prisoner shot through the
opening like bullet, and his feet came
within six inches of touching the ground
The moose did not seem to fit close TO his
neck and death appeared TO have been
caused by strangulaton. The trigger to
the trap-door was sprung nj ten minutes
after | O'Clock